Hydroxylation of aromatic compounds

ABSTRACT

NUCLEAR HYDROXYLATION OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS IS EFFECTED BY TREATING SAID AROMATIC COMPOUND WITH HYDROGEN PERIOXIDE IN THE PRESENCE OF A CO-REACTANT COMPRISING HYDROGEN CYANIDE, A METAL SALT OF HYDROGEN CYANIDE, OR AN ORGANIC NITRILE AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT -10* TO ABOUT 100*C.



